SF396 - TIME FOR A CHANGE (Psalm 51)

@PAGE NUMBER = SF396

@TITLE = TIME FOR A CHANGE!

@LEVEL ONE = Psalm 51

@LEVEL ONE = INTRODUCTION

@LEVEL TWO = David's Sin (v.1)

@LEVEL TWO = David's Request (v.12)

@LEVEL TWO = Why Repent?

@SCRIPTURE = Jeremiah 6:13‑14 (NIV)  "From the least to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; prophets and priests alike, all practice deceit. 14 They dress the wound of my people as though it were not serious. 'Peace, peace,' they say, when there is no peace.

@LEVEL TWO = Sin is very serious

@LEVEL TWO = What Is Repentance?

@LEVEL ONE = 1A. CHANGE OF MIND

@LEVEL TWO = 1B. We Must Agree With God About Our Sin

@SCRIPTURE = 1 John 1:9 (NIV)  If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.

@LEVEL TWO = 2B. We Must Recognize Against Whom We Have Sinned (v.4)

@LEVEL ONE = 2A. CHANGE OF HEART

@LEVEL TWO = 1B. We Must See How We Have Broken God's Heart

@LEVEL THREE = That is why Jesus died.

@LEVEL TWO = 2B. We Must Stop Enjoying Our Sin And Grieve Over Our Sin (v.17)

@LEVEL TWO = 3B. We Must Return To Our First Love

@SCRIPTURE = Revelation 2:5 (NIV)  Remember the height from which you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first....

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@LEVEL ONE = 3A. CHANGE OF WILL

@LEVEL TWO = 1B. We Must Turn Away From Our Sin

@SCRIPTURE = Acts 3:19 (NIV)  Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord,

@LEVEL TWO = 2B. We Must Flee From Our Sin

@SCRIPTURE = 2 Timothy 2:22 (NIV)  Flee the evil desires of youth, and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

@LEVEL TWO = 3B. We Must Put Away Our Sin

@LEVEL THREE = Radical surgery

@LEVEL THREE = God will help

@SCRIPTURE = Philippians 2:13 (NIV)  for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose.

@SCRIPTURE = Jeremiah 31:27‑28 (NIV)  "The days are coming," declares the LORD, "when I will plant the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the offspring of men and of animals. 28 Just as I watched over them to uproot and tear down, and to overthrow, destroy and bring disaster, so I will watch over them to build and to plant," declares the LORD.

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@LEVEL ONE = 4A. CHANGE OF ACTIONS

@LEVEL TWO = 1B. We Must Return To God's Way Of Living

@SCRIPTURE = Jeremiah 6:16 (NIV)  This is what the LORD says: "Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls...

@LEVEL TWO = 2B. We Know Repentance Is Complete When We Act Like It

@SCRIPTURE = Acts 26:20 (NIV)  First to those in Damascus, then to those in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and to the Gentiles also, I preached that they should repent and turn to God and prove their repentance by their deeds.

@SCRIPTURE = Luke 3:7‑8 (NIV)  John said to the crowds coming out to be baptized by him, "You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? 8 Produce fruit in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.

@LEVEL ONE = APPLICATION

@LEVEL TWO = Without Repentance There Can Be Not Revival!